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Subject Matters

• Agriculture
• Broadcasting
• Consumer Issues
• Education
• Employment and Training
• Environment
• Government Procurement
• Health
• Industry
• Intellectual Property
• Internal Trade
• International Trade
• Science and Technology
• Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Advertising to Children: C-414 An Act to amend the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act (child protection against advertising exploitation) to support entire bill as a measure to protect children against exploitation by commecial advertising.
• Food Taxes: Amend definition of "Basic Groceries" in the Excise Tax Act to ensure that food taxing policies promote, rather than discourage healthy eating.
• Trans Fat: Bill C-251 An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (trans fatty acids) re support for legal limits on the use of fats and oils containing high amounts of trans fatty acids.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation

• Advocate that Canada propose and support the inclusion of text advocating the use of strong law and regulatory measures to create nutrition environments conducive to reducing disease in the "outcomes document" pf the United Nations High Level Summit on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases to be held in New York City in September 2011.

Policies or Program

• Canada's Food Guide: Advocate revisions to Canada's Food Guide, 2007 to urge Health Canada to revise the dietary advice therein to better comport with scientific understanding about the relationship between diet and disease and ensure that food industry intestests do not undermine the advice.
• Funding for Prevention Policies and Programs: Urging that more funds be available for effective programs to improve diet. CSPI does not seek or accept funding from government, but does promote that public funds be best used to finance government or non-governmental programs that effectively advance disease prevention objectives.
• Integrated Pan Canadian Healthy Living Strategy: Support implementation of public policy measures indicated in this broad policy initiative of the federal, provincial and territorial ministers of health.
• Internation Health and Trade Policy: Urge the Government of Canada (esp. through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada) to adopt health-promoting positions in negotiating global standard-setting by the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Oganization's Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Regulation

• Advertising to Children: Press for regulations under the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act to limit commercial advertising directed at children.
• Food Compostion: The Food and Drug Regulations (related to food composition, food safety, food additives, and nutrition).
• Food Dyes: Urge Health Canada to revoke the approvals of food dyes for which evidence indicates they are possible human carcinogens (e.g., ammonia process caramel used in soft drinks) or exacerbate the symptoms of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Food Labelling: Advocate changes to Food and Drug Regulations with regard to to promote improved public health, informed choice, and environmental sustainability
• Natural Health Products (NHPs): Revise or better enforce regulations to ensure regulations provide adequate safety standards and acceptable standards of evidence for verifying health claims related to NHPs.
• Sodium in Food: Ensure Food and Drug Regulations provide sufficient incentives and authorities to reduce the amounts of salt added to manufactured and restaurant foods as recommended to and by Health Canada's Sodium Working Group.
• Trans Fat: Promote efforts to monitor compliance with the recommendations of the Trans Fat Task Force to promulgate regulations restricting the use of partially hydrogenated oils as stipulated in the TFTF advice to Government.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Competition Tribunal (CT)
• Environment Canada
• Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Industry Canada
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Members of the House of Commons
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (CIEC)
• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC)
• Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner (PSIC)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Procurement Review Board of Canada (PRB)
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Revenue Canada (RC)
• Senate of Canada
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
• Statistics Canada (StatCan)
• Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

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Client representative

Bruce Silverglade, Director of Legal Affairs

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